Satonius is a genus of beetles in the family Torridincolidae.[1] It is native to East Asia. The type species, S. kurosawai, was originally described as a species of Delevea. Several other species have been described since.[2][3]
| Satonius kurosawai | |
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| Specimen of S. kurosawai | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Sphaeriusoidea |
| Family: | Torridincolidae |
| Genus: | Satonius Endrödy-Younga, 1997 |
| Type species | |
| Satonius kurosawai (Sato, 1982)
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References
edit- ^ Torridincolidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 11 May 2012.
- ^ Hájek Jiří, Fikáček Martin (2008) A review of the genus Satonius (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Torridincolidae): taxonomic revision, larval morphology, notes on wing polymorphism, and phylogenetic implications Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(2): 655-676
- ^ HÁJEK, JIŘÍ; YOSHITOMI, HIROYUKI; FIKÁČEK, MARTIN; HAYASHI, MASAKAZU; JIA, FENG-LONG (2011-09-07). "Two new species of Satonius Endrödy-Younga from China and notes on the wing polymorphism of S. kurosawai Satô (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Torridincolidae)". Zootaxa. 3016 (1): 51. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3016.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334.